Distributed Traceroute Approach to Geographically Locating IP Devices

G. Connolly; Anatoly O. Sachenko; George Markowsky

doi:10.1109/IDAACS.2003.1249532

Distributed Traceroute Approach to Geographically Locating IP Devices

G. Connolly
, Anatoly O. Sachenko
, George Markowsky

Computer Science

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Abstract

We explore the problem of geographically locating IP addresses. Identifying the location of Web content on the Internet has several applications in the field of homeland security. A solution is proposed that uses the traceroute utility as a tool for collecting network information surrounding the target IP address, and the WHOIS database and hostname analysis are used to extract geographical information from the trace information. The approach is first evaluated as a single solution, traced from one computer, then again as a distributed solution, running multiple geographically and network-diverse traceroutes. The distributed approach reveals an increased certainty in the results.

Original language	American English
Journal	Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (2003, Lviv, Ukraine)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IDAACS.2003.1249532
State	Published - Sep 1 2003

Keywords

Cities and towns
Computer hacking
Computer networks
Data acquisition
Data mining
Distributed approaches
Distributed computer systems
Distributed solutions
Geographical information
IP networks
Internet
Internet protocols
Location
Network information
Network protocols
Personal computing
Physics computing
Protocols
Terrorism
Trace information
Web pages
Websites

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Computer Sciences

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Distributed Traceroute Approach to Geographically Locating IP Devices. / Connolly, G.; Sachenko, Anatoly O.; Markowsky, George.
In: Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (2003, Lviv, Ukraine), 01.09.2003.

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